Nordic Network on Political Ethics
POLITICAL ETHICS
Recent years have witnessed an increasing interest in interdisciplinary research in political ethics, ie the study of practical ethical problems in relation to politics. Research in political ethics takes up conceptual and normative as well as empirical issues and, as a result, draws on disciplines such as philosophy, politics, economics, and law.
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Nordic research cooperation
Diverse as these topics are, they involve common and important methodological concerns, like what the relationship is between general political and ethical principles and practical ethical analysis. Moreover, there is a unity of central theories and concepts, for instance the concepts of responsibility and justice, political and democratic legitimacy. Finally, most members work within the methodological framework set by reflective equilibrium. Accordingly, they prize virtues such as conceptual clarity, a perspicuous argumentative structure, coherent and comprehensive accounts of judgements about political ethics, and empirically informed analysis of applied ethical problems. For these reasons cooperation between Nordic researchers working within the field of political ethics makes good sense.
Presently, Nordic researchers are well accomplished within political ethics, but there is little interchange between different research groups and much reason to believe that more interchange will further strengthen Nordic research within the field.
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AimsThe Nordic Network for Political Ethics aims at strengthening Nordic research in political ethics. More specifically, among its aims are:
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Funding
The project is funded by NordForsk – the Nordic research board for cooperation on research and researcher training in the Nordic region.
